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| - Despite the challenging situation created by the coronavirus pandemic, AFP will marshal its entire network in North America and the rest of the world to offer broad and wide-ranging coverage of the US elections on November 3. The campaign teams of the candidates are going to be drastically less visible themselves over the coming weeks. Nevertheless, AFP will have a constant presence in text, photo, video and live video to cover the campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden. AFP is part of the White House photo pool, with permanent access to Donald Trump. Ditto for the Biden campaign, with close access to the candidate, who is limiting his movements to his home base in Wilmington, Delaware, for the moment. Access is shared with other media for text and video due to the rotation organized by the White House for Trump or due to COVID-19 in Biden's case, but AFP has regular access to their activities. Trump has not held any new large rally since his June 20 event in Tulsa, which was deemed a flop. But our two White House text correspondents are covering a president in campaign mode. We will provide live video coverage on all Trump's events open to press. For his part, Biden has announced that he would not hold campaign rallies in keeping with social distancing advice. He will carry out a virtual campaign within a small perimeter around Wilmington. Every important moment of the campaign will be preceded by a package of advancers in text, photo, video, graphics and videographics. The Democratic Convention in Milwaukee (August 17-20) will be mainly held online, but Biden will be there in the flesh to accept the nomination. The number of journalists on-site is strictly limited and will be much lower than in previous conventions. AFP will be present with nine special correspondents in text, photo, video and live video. Doubts remain regarding the Republican Convention. The big celebration in Jacksonville, Florida, was scrapped due to the pandemic. Formally, there is still a convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, expected but it could be a one-day event on August 24 or over a few days from August 24. Trump will likely deliver his acceptance speech on Thursday, August 27, or in the preceding days and a live video coverage is scheduled. We don't know where he will do it, nor the circumstances or the possibilities for access. Our deployment will be clear once we have more information. In graphics, we will provide campaign schedules, an introduction to the Democratic Convention, and regular updates of polls and fundraising numbers. We will also provide context on working at the White House, the American presidents who have left their marks on history, how the voting takes place, the political divisions, the social and racial groups, a look back at past elections, and the evolution of the vote since John Kennedy, among other things. Apart from the conventions, things will move fast in August: - Biden is expected to name his running mate -- a woman -- in early August. We ran a small package on August 2 that included an advancer, mini-profiles and an explainer on the vice president's role, alongside photos and file video as well as graphics. Once the candidate has been chosen, we will look into her personality and analyze her past and present political stances to see how they could impact the campaign. We still don't know how it will be announced but we will be present in text, photo and video, live video for all in-person events, and as much as possible if it's a fully or partially online event. - Trump's media presence: The president has decided to resume regular press conferences at the White House that have double as campaign stump speeches. He is also increasing his theme-based trips around the country. AFP is present in text, photo, video, and live video. The campaign is in full swing and AFP is already producing an almost daily wrap on the election. We expect fewer campaign events than usual, but AFP will look at the major political and social issues at stake. There will be multimedia stories in pivotal states, explainers of the major campaign issues on the table with on-the-ground reporting, and an explanation of the very particular context of this vote (the pandemic, the debate about racism and police violence, the rise of gun crime, etc). AFP will rely on its bureaus in the United States -- Washington, New York, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco -- and numerous regular collaborators in the country, along with its global network to provide international context. The stories will be accompanied with graphics such as a map of the key states, the impact of the pandemic, and statistics. There will be three debates in Cleveland (September 29), Miami (October 15) and Nashville (October 22). The likelihood of access to the candidates and their entourage on the sidelines of the debates remains unknown, but AFP will take full advantage of any access to provide lively coverage of the debates and side events in text, photo and video and live video. The debates will also be illustrated with graphics with a look back at the most memorable televised debates in the history of US elections. It's a quadrennial ritual: Dozens of agency journalists from every US bureau will be mobilized on election night. We will have broad coverage -- especially in photo, video and live video -- of the voting process, the candidates and strategic locations of the election. The main reactions and comments will be covered by live video. On the text side, alerts will be sent for the announcement of the winner in every state, capped by a flash for the election winners. More alerts will follow with the reactions of candidates. Stories will be written on major developments during the evening. Graphics will present the results and map of the vote. It's worth noting that a much higher level of mail-in voting is expected this year as a way to protect voters during the pandemic. As the counting of mail-in ballots is a more time-consuming process, analysts have warned that this could lead to delays in calling the result -- possibly by several days in the event of a close race. AFP EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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